Lancelot Edward Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale,

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, DL (25 June 1867 – 11 March 1953) was an English peer, the fourth and youngest son of

Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale Henry Lowther, 3rd Earl of Lonsdale (27 March 1818 – 15 August 1876) was a British nobleman and Conservative politician. Early life Lowther was born on 27 March 1818. He was the eldest son of Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther and Lady Lucy Sherard. ...

Biography

Lowther was educated at

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and

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. At Cambridge, he was a member of the

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. On 13 October 1886 Lowther was made lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, The Border Regiment (The Royal Cumberland Militia). Soon thereafter, he was appointed a deputy lieutenant in the counties his family had traditionally dominated,

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(21 November 1891) and

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(26 January 1892). In keeping with the family tradition, he enjoyed sports and, by 1905, was a Master of the Drag ( drag hunting) and the Deputy Master of

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. During World War I, he served in the Middle East, and after the war received the

(3 June 1919) and the Order of the Nile, 4th Class (16 January 1920). On 3 June 1922, the aging Lowther, now 55, resigned his deputy lieutenancy of Westmorland. In 1944, he finally succeeded to the Earldom of Lonsdale on the death of his childless brother,

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. Hugh's free-spending, sporting life had largely wrecked the estate, and he was forced to auction off the contents of Lowther Castle in 1947. This proved to be the largest

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sale of the 20th Century.

Marriages & Family

On 24 April 1889, Lonsdale married Gwendoline Sophia Alice Sheffield (born 1869, died 4 November 1921), daughter of

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, with whom he had three children: * Lady Barbara Lowther (born 8 April 1890, died 1979), married Col (James) Archibald Innes in 1914, divorced 1921, and had issue. * Lady Marjorie Lowther (born 6 February 1895, died 29 July 1968), married George Rodney, 8th Baron Rodney (born 1891, died 1973) on 15 September 1917 and had issue. *

Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther Anthony Edward Lowther, Viscount Lowther (24 September 1896 – 6 October 1949) was an England, English courtier and soldier. Early life Anthony Edward Lowther was the eldest son of Lancelot Lowther, 6th Earl of Lonsdale by his first wife, ...

(born 24 September 1896, died 6 October 1949) father of

James Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale James Hugh William Lowther, 7th Earl of Lonsdale (3 November 1922 – 23 May 2006), was a British peer. Background and education Lowther was the elder son of Anthony Lowther, Viscount Lowther, and Muriel Frances Farrar, daughter of Sir George H ...

. His first wife, Gwendoline, having died in 1921, Lonsdale married Sybil Beatrix Feetham on 8 October 1923. They had one son together: *

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Timothy Lancelot Lowther (born 27 April 1925, died 1984) Lonsdale's eldest son Anthony predeceased him in 1949. Lord Lonsdale died in 1953 and was succeeded in the earldom by his grandson

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. The Countess of Lonsdale died on 10 March 1966.The Peerage, entry for Sybil Feetham
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References

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Lancelot Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), also written as Launcelot and other variants (such as early German ''Lanzelet'', early French ''Lanselos'', early Welsh ''Lanslod Lak'', Italian ''Lancillotto'', Spanish ''Lanzarote del Lago' ...